Solar and greenhouse gas forcing and climate response in the twentieth century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 426-444

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Washington, Warren M ^a   Wigley, T M L ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a   Dai, Aiguo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EVAPORATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

OCEAN REGIONS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 0038364313     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0426:SAGGFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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